Spanish Conversation · Level 136
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Spanish word
nomofobia
Pronunciation
IPA/nomoˈfoβja/
Meaning
- feminine nounnomophobia
Example
¿Sufres de nomofobia cuando sales sin tu teléfono?
Do you suffer from nomophobia when you go out without your phone?
More examples
La nomofobia puede afectar la calidad del sueño.
Nomophobia can affect sleep quality.
Core concept
Anxiety at being without a mobile phone.
Common phrases
tener nomofobia
have nomophobia
sufrir de nomofobia
suffer from nomophobia
Similar words
adicción al móvil: Compulsively using a mobile phone and unable to stop checking or scrolling.
dependencia del móvil: Relying on a mobile phone so heavily that daily routines break down when it's absent.
ansiedad por el móvil: Feeling intense anxiety when the phone cannot be accessed or used.
fobia al teléfono: Having an extreme, irrational fear of telephones or mobile devices.
Definition in Spanish
Miedo o ansiedad que surge al quedarse sin el teléfono móvil, sin batería o sin conexión.
Word origin
Borrowed from English nomophobia, a clipping of no mobile phone + phobia with phobia ultimately from Greek phobos meaning 'fear'.
Usage tips
- Often used jokingly in informal conversation rather than as a clinical diagnosis, and spelled with f in Spanish (nomofobia) rather than English ph.
Opposites
- tranquilidadtranquilitynoun
- confianzaconfidencenoun
Related words
- nomofóbiconomophobicadjective
- nomofóbicamentenomophobicallyadverb